3.3 Striving for Equality Quiz

On what principle did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. du Bois agree?

• They both argued that over time, with hard work and patience African Americans could secure equality.

• They both believed African Americans should immediately demand full equality.

• They both believed injustices against African Americans must be ended.

• They both urged white Americans to exercise caution in extending equality to African Americans.

What was the impact of the Citizenship Act of 1924?

• It gave American Indians the right to vote.

• It allowed American Indians to sell their plots of reservation land.

• It made American Indians citizens once they completed an assimilation program.

• It forbade American Indians from protesting federal policies.

Why did many Mexican Americans form mutualistas?

• to establish minority labor unions

• to put land in their children’s names

• to provide financial and legal support for one another

• to desegregate and diversify school systems

What was the major strategy used by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in their effort to achieve racial equality?

• The NAACP organized protests across the South to highlight the injustice of segregation.

• The NAACP used litigation to challenge unfair laws and expand rights for African Americans.

• The NAACP helped African Americans enter colleges and earn their professional degrees.

• The NAACP lobbied Congress for an amendment to the Constitution that would secure equal political rights for African Americans.

How did the Plessy v. Ferguson court case affect American society?

• It prevented newly-arrived immigrants from voting.

• It supported the norm of segregation in many areas of American life

• It encouraged the assimilation of immigrants into American society.

• It supported flawed scientific theories that enforced racist ideologies.